Is there an efficient iOS app for Hacker News?
Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client
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Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client
#72I quite like your app. It's way better looking and serves my functional purposes of reading and voting. Of course improvements can be made - it's an iterative process. More power to you.
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#73Just installed it, used it for a few hours, loved it, and deinstalled it. Here's why. First, no downvote action. We need this to push down trolls and sockpuppets. Second, voting is inside a menu, yet this is a really common action. Third and worst, when I use a browser on HN, every single link now asks me to select an app. Not once, but for each different link type it seems. After the fifth time (choosing 'Remember m…
Sorry you don't find it useful :( No downvote is a known issue, partly because I can't test it, so I'm not confident I'll deliver a reliable feature. I agree that upvote should be more visible. Currently it's available as an option tucked in popup menu, as well as via swipe gesture, which is not very discoverable. 3rd one is a feature called 'deep link' which is quite common in Android. It should remember your choice…
People, vote on his reply so he can test it ! :)
I'm wondering if my post would be enough :p
If you don't have enough score, drop me a mail ;)
Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client
#74How do you store my login details?
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#75How do you store my login details?
It's stored under your device's accounts, which you can manage via Settings -> Accounts. The same way Google apps work.
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#76As a counterpoint, I find the web version pretty great on iOS. Minimal JavaScript, loads fast, everything on one long screen, and the back button always works, leaving you exactly where you left off. It is a nice counterpoint to overly heavy web that we have unfortunately gravitated towards.
What about the font size being too small for many people? Is there way to work around that is iOS Safari?
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#77Why doesn't YCombinator just fix the mobile style sheet for the website? It's pretty clear the site is terrible on mobile, and it's not a hard thing to improve. Make the font bigger, and (especially) make the buttons much, much bigger (or further apart). Actually - why don't they fix that on the desktop version? Fitt's law and all that.
Yes font and voting buttons are bad on iOS.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
MiniHack! Been using it for a couple of years. Easily the best native HN client on iOS.
I'd love to use it, but it's not free.
You're a developer and won't cough up $1.99 to support an app that people are highly recommending?
This is why most developers can't make money creating mobile apps unless they're for gambling or freemium games.
Re: Materialistic – Ad free, open source Hacker News client
#80Materialistic is the only way I access Hacker News. But it would be awesome if the developer took some inspiration from the Reddit client Relay ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=reddit.news ) too :) Great job hidro!
Thanks! I have incorporated the idea of on-screen navigation button and grouping setting options. What else you think I should consider from Relay?
Thanks for the reply. I really like the "comment search" feature in Relay based on time (show and jump through comments added in last X minutes), words (jump through comments that contain certain words), jump to comments based on author (OP, me), etc. There are many more comment search parameters, but these are my favorite.